RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 — The government is committed to strengthening Malaysia’s aviation industry ecosystem and is ready to assist investors towards that.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Malaysia has successfully attracted potential investments amounting to RM4.6 billion through its participation in the region’s premier platform for the global electronics and semiconductor industry, Semicon Southeast Asia (SEA) 2025, further proving Malaysia’s appeal in the eyes of international investors.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Malaysia has jumped 11 spots in the World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) 2025 to 23rd place — its best ranking since 2020 — reflecting the progressive momentum in the country’s economic recovery and reform agenda.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) has yet to receive any official application from Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz to join the party, said its secretary-general Dr Fuziah Salleh.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Malaysia is hopeful the upgraded Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) will help to liberalise further the region’s financial services sector, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said.

JEJU (South Korea), May 17 — Malaysia today reiterated its commitment to fostering a resilient, inclusive, and future-ready trade environment during the 31st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting, which just concluded in Jeju, South Korea.

JEJU, May 16 — Malaysia and South Korea are expected to attract more mutual investment through their upcoming free trade agreement (FTA), particularly in high-trade sectors such as electrical and electronics, semiconductors, and automotive.

JEJU, May 14 — Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti), Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz is leading Malaysia’s delegation to Jeju, South Korea as trade ministers from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) are gathered for the 31st meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — Malaysia has expressed its openness to negotiate with the United States (US) on four key areas, namely reducing the trade deficit; addressing non-tariff barriers; strengthening technological safeguards and security; and exploring a potential bilateral trade agreement.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Malaysia, as the Asean chair this year, has requested, through its Foreign  Ministry, a special United States (US)-Asean summit to discuss the tariff issue.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Malaysia has emerged as a key destination for Swedish investment, attracting 97 manufacturing projects worth RM7.77 billion as of 2024.

BENGALURU, March 24 — Malaysia plans to tighten regulations on semiconductors as it comes under US pressure to staunch the flow of chips, crucial to the development of artificial intelligence, to China, the Financial Times said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Malaysian government takes seriously the allegation that the country is being used as a transit point for smuggling Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China and is committed to complying with multilateral international export control regulations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Only 1.6 per cent of approved investment projects from 2021 to March 2024 have not been implemented, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Dec 16 — The stability of the current Selangor administration under Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari is crucial to ensuring the state’s continued development and the successful implementation of the First Selangor Plan (RS-1). This is according to Selangor Pakatan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Malaysia, as a partner country of BRICS, will closely monitor developments regarding US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on BRICS countries, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The first comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and the United Kingdom (UK), through the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), will boost trade and investment relations between both countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Tesla has never committed to opening a factory in Malaysia, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Malaysia is considering joining several international organisations, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — The withdrawal of BlackRock's investment from Malaysia, if it happens, will have implications and negative impacts on efforts to realise the country's investment agenda, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.